Maximo Santos

Maximo Benito Santos Barbosa (15 April 1847-19 May 1889) was President of Uruguay from 1 March 1882 to 1 March 1886 (interruption Francisco Antonino Vidal's terms) and from 24 May to 18 November 1886 (succeeding Vidal and preceding Maximo Tajes). He was a Colorado Party of Uruguay member.

Biography
Maximo Benito Santos Barbosa was born in Pando, Uruguay on 15 April 1847, and he served in the military before serving as Minister of War from 1880 to 1882 and becoming involved with the Colorado Party of Uruguay. He briefly deposed Francisco Antonino Vidal in 1882 before seizing power once again, serving as President from 1882 to 1886; he improved relations with Paraguay, but he failed to root out corruption. In 1886, he turned over power to Maximo Tajes, and he died in 1889.